TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi Controller User Manual

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TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi

For system connection diagram, please refer to TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi System Connection Diagram. For hardware layout, please refer to TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi Hardware Layout.

The TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi (TSSPi) is a piece of hardware controls your irrigation systems. It replaces your traditional sprinkler controller. TSSPi has many benefits over the traditional sprinkler controller:

TSSPi Controller Software Features

Easy setup - no monitor nor keyboard required for raspberry pi, only a network cable or USB wifi adapter
Web interface - program the watering schedule using your PC or mobile phone
Supports complicate watering schedules
Unlimited watering schedules
Allow seasonal adjustments
Weather API access - automatically adjust watering amount/time by checking online weather forecast (rain/wind etc)
Control your sprinkler stations from anywhere in the world
Software supports unlimited stations
Controls 1 to 16 stations(or 1 master station + 15 stations)
Supports rain sensor
Open source software - which means you can add your own function to the controller!
System ON/OFF hardware switch
Status LEDs (power, Pi power, system on, system running)
Tap start/stop - simply tap on the screen to start or stop the stations
Recommended browser - Google Chrome

Installation

The TSSPi controller software is pre-installed in our Raspberry Pi SD image, you can download it from here.

The image compressed in 7Z format, you can uncompress it by using 7Zip or peaZip.

After you have uncompressed it, follow the instructions from http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/ to load the images on the SD card.

Hardware connection

Your raspberry Pi is getting power from TSSPi, so no separate power needed for Pi. The required connection to your Pi is a network cable or a supported USB wifi adapter. For sprinkler connections, please follow this page: TIAO Smart Sprinkler Pi System Connection Diagram.

Make sure all connections are correct, then connect the power wires.

System configuration

The initial configuration includes network configuration, timezone setup and sprinkler station setup.

Network configuration

We have configured the Raspberry Pi image file to use static IP (192.168.1.70) for your Raspberry Pi.

If you plan to use wired connection, just plug a network cable from your home router to Pi, then you are done. You can continue it on the timezone setup section.

If you plan to use an USB wifi adapter, you have two ways to configure the wireless settings for your Pi.

USB wifi adapter supports Access Point (AP) mode

The AP mode means you can use your USB wifi adapter as a router, so you can connect your phone or laptop wirelessly to your Raspberry Pi directly, so that you can setup your Raspberry Pi's wifi using your phone or laptop.

Insert a USB wifi adapter which supports to one of the USB ports of your Raspberry Pi. Wait at least 1 minute to allow system to boot up.
Use your device (phone/tablet or laptop) to connect to wifi ssid: TSSPi_AP, password is sprinkler.
Open Chrome or any browser, use this address: http://192.168.1.70, you will see this:

Click on Advanced and select "Proceed to 192.168.1.70":
In login page, the default user name is admin, password is admin (You can change this later). Select accept Terms and Conditions, then click Login.